Clothes-line-securing device



.- PATENTBD JAN. 19, 1904.

J BLASIUS CLOTHES LINE SECURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26. 1903.

no MODEL.

WITNESSES. MEI/ran fi/zzzzladz'dd TTOHIIEYS UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BLASIUS, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTH ES-LlNE-SECURING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'750,081, dated January 19, 1904.

Application filed September 26, 1903. $eria1No. 174,762. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN BLASIUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Line Securing Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved attachment for connecting the ends of clothes-lines and by means of which the ends of a line supported on pulleys may be connected and the line tightened or the slack taken up whenever desired by simply pulling on one end thereof which passes through the attachment.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional side View of my improvement with one part thereof removed and showing the operation thereof; Fig. 2, a plan View of the device detached from the line; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view, and Fig. 4 an end View, of the complete device detached from the line and looking in the direction of the arrow w in Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I provide a casing a, which is circular in cross-section and substantially elliptical in longitudinal section, and this casing consists of two substantially spherical parts (4 which are adapted to be placed together and the division-line of which is formed by a vertical plane passing through the complete casing.

At one end of the casing 60 each part thereof is provided with a projecting arm a, and these arms are provided with segmental members a, which form a tubular opening (0 and these segmental members a are provided with downwardly directed jaws a, through which is passed a rivet (b and said segmental members a of the arms a are also provided with upwardly-directed jaws a between which is piv- D oted at b an arm 0, the pivoted end of which cent to the arms a with downwardly-directed arms (Z, between which is mounted an antifriction-roller (Z and said separate side members a of the casing a are also provided at the top thereof with interlocking jaws c, two of which are formed on each of said side parts (6 and these interlocking jaws are wedgeshaped in form in transverse section, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and are each provided with a laterally-projecting member 6 and when the arm 0 is in the position shown in Fig. 1 it rests on the interlocking jaws 6 adjacent thereto, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

In the bottom of the casing a and adjacent to the end thereof opposite the arms a is a large opening f, formed in the separate side members (0 and the operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof. In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown at 9 one end of a clothes-line and at h the other end thereof, and in practice the end g is passed into the casing through a circular end openingt' opposite the arms a and said end is drawn down through the opening f and a knot g tied therein. The end g of the line is then drawn backwardly or outwardly, so that the knot g enters the casing a through the opening f, as shown in Fig. 1, and said knot holds the end 9 of the line in firm connection with the casing. The end it of the line is then passed into the casing through the opening a in the opposite end thereof and out through the bottom opening), and a knot k may be tied therein, if desired. It will be understood that in practice the line is mounted on pulleys, one of which is secured adjacent to a window of a building, while the other is secured at a suitable dis:

'tance therefrom, and it is customary in practice to move the line around these pulleys in the operation thereof. When the arm 0 is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the end it of the line will be securely held by the teeth 0 and if at any time it is desired to tighten the line or take up slack thereof all that is necessary is to pull on the end 71 thereof. This operation throws the arm 0 backwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2 and releases the teeth 0 from the line, and when the line has been drawn sufiiciently tight by means of the end 714 the arm 0 is swung forwardly into the position shown in Fig. 1, and the said end of said line is securely held by the teeth 0 The separate parts a of the casing 60 are held together by the jaws e and the projecting members 0 formed thereon, which interlock for this purpose, and the rivet a and as the jaws automatically interlock when the separate parts a are placed together all that is necessary is to put in the rivet (6 and in connecting the parts in this manner the roller (Z and the arm 0 are also placed in position.

This device is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and I reserve the right to make all such alterations therein as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the class described, comprising arms having segmental members forming a circular opening, said segmental members being provided at the top and bottom with vertically-arranged jaws, and an arm pivoted between the top jaws and provided with downwardly-directed teeth adapted to operate in the circular opening formed by said segmental members, the separate parts of said casing being also provided at the top with interlocking jaws, and the bottom of the casing being provided adjacent to the end opposite said arms with an opening, and an antifrictionroller mounted at the end of said opening adjacent to said arms, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of September, 1903.

JOHN BLASIUS. Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, O. J. KLEIN. 

